Local Man Bound Over For Forgery
Darrel Giraud, 23, pleaded guilty in County Court to forging a check to defraud Batavian National Bank. He waived a preliminary hearing, was bound over to Circuit Court, and sent to County Jail after failing to post 1000 dollars. Allen Carr, 41, admitted guilt to four forged checks from Trane Co. He posted 1000 dollars bond and was released. Both are set for Aug. 12 in Circuit Court. Also, John Zabawski and Dorothy Kile, Golden Harp employees, plead not guilty to selling beer to minors. trial set for Aug. 11 at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrel Giraud
Batavian National Bank
Giraud
Shore Line Inn
Green Bay St
Allen Carr
Salem Road
Trane Co
Carr
John Zabawski
Dorothy Kile
The
Golden Harp
Pearl St
Picketing War Turns to Advertising at Kohler Freight Yard
Local 833 of the CIO United Auto Workers says its informational picketing at the Sheboygan railroad yards is not a strike protest but advertising that freight moves to a strikebound Kohler Co plant. Attorney Edward Borgelt may seek an injunction to stop picketing at yards and public streets near trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboyganp
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Kohler Co
Edward Borgelt
Milwaukee
Chicago and North Western Railway
Sheboygan
Borgelt
Kohler
Union At Home A C Plant Prepares Strike
Milwaukee union Local 248 of the UAW CIO at Allis-Chalmers Mfg Co prepared for a possible strike after two membership meetings were held to reject the firm’s first wage offer. Ralph Koenig said a constitutional strike vote could follow if the company does not present a proposal matching economic justice and improved contract provisions. The five year contract with AC expired Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Uaw-Cio
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
Ralph Koenig
Allis-Chalmers
UAW
Teen dies in family crash near Ashland Nebraska
In Memphis Nebraska Kittie Johnson 19 died when a car driven by her father Grover 46 collided with a truck driven by cousin Marlin Johnson 20 at a county road intersection near Ashland. Grover was critically injured Marlin treated for shock. The intersection has a blind corner. The death raises Nebraska 1955 traffic toll to 162.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Neb
Kittie Johnson
Grover
Marlin Johnson
Ashland
Kittie
Marlin
O. A. Robbins
Decorah Youth Camp Sets Weeklong Bible Study Program
Decorah will host the 12th year of an interdenominational youth conference for boys and girls from 10 through high school age. Director Walter J. Reschlein says registrations are still open as daily activities include group meetings recreation swimming and a 7 30 public service with campfire. Noted speakers include Jack Daniel Ken Anderson Joe Stump and Glee Lockwood with staff of preachers teachers and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Daniel
Youth For Christ International
Ken Anderson
Joe Stump
Glee Lockwood
Sioux City
Iowa
Neighborhood Parade Sees 100 Children in Costume
Nearly 100 neighborhood children joined a costume parade at West Avenue playground last week. Winners included Jack Had Dad, humorous. John William, original. and Jenny Schmidt, beautiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Avenue Playground
Jack Haddad
John William
Jenny Schmidt
Marriage Licenses in Sparta Wisconsin and Surrounding Areas
Thomas S. DeVries and Joan L. Schaller both of Sparta. DuWayne Erickson and Shirley B. Johnson both of Sparta. Otis T. Moore of La Fayette and Norma D. Beard of Hartford Connecticut. Whitehall Wisconsin. Robert Orvin Schaefer and Mary Margaret Konkel Arcadia to be married Aug. 6. Robert Marvin Sesvold and Marjtha Anne Tenneson Blair to be married Aug. 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas S. DeVries
Joan L. Schaller
Sparta
DuWayne Erickson
Shirley B. Johnson
Otis T. Moore
la Fayette
Norma D. Beard
Hartford
Conn
Whitehall
Wis
Robert Orvin Schaefer
Mary Margaret Konkel
Arcadia
Robert Marvin Sesvold
Marjtha Anne Tenneson
Blair
Straw Hat Bandits Pay Fines
Clarence Niedfeldt and Richard Brzowski of Onalaska pleaded guilty in County Court to stealing a straw hat valued at $14.75 and to disorderly conduct. They were fined $25 plus $3.50 costs on the theft count, with an alternate sentence of 15 days, which they paid Monday totaling $57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Niedfeldt
Richard Brzowski
Onalaska
Death of Louis P. Hass 69 Genoa
Louis P. Hass 69 of rural Genoa died Friday afternoon after a brief illness in a local hospital. Survived by wife five sons Norman Houston Minn Edward Stoddard Richard La Crosse Aronnd Myron at home one daughter Juanita Dennison Victory two brothers August and William seven grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. at Lutheran Church Chaseburg with Rev. Gerhard Horn officiating burial in church cemetery. Friends may call Hellwig Morris Chapel Tuesday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P. Hass
Genoa
Norman
Houston
Minn
Edward
Stoddard
Richard
la Crosse
Aronnd
Myron
Casson
Juanita) Dennison
Victory
August
William
Lutheran Church
Chaseburg
Wis
Gerhard Horn
Hellwig-Morris
Claud Donndelinger
N. 23Rd St
Swift and Co
Donndelinger
Order of Foresters
Hastings
Knights of Columbus
M. Ceciline
M. Bertha
M. Claude
E. R
Catherine) Letheo
Harry
Elizabeth
Winston
June) Knutson
Robert
Patsy) Sullivan
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Nancy
Sharon Jande
Onalaska
William F. Jande
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ralph Kuether
Stoddard Village
Schumacher Funeral Home
Winnebago Sts
Death of Miss Catherine Wendling at 78
Catherine Wendling 78 of 1412 La Crosse St died at a local hospital Tuesday morning. She was born in La Crosse and survived by several nieces and nephews. The service is at 2 p.m. at Sletten-McKee Chapel with Rev. Fred W. Hyslop officiating and Oak Grove Cemetery burial. Friends may call Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m. at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Wendling
la Crosse St
la Crosse
Sletten-Mc-Kee
Fred W. Hyslop
Oak Grove Cemetery
Prince Rupprecht Dies at Leustetten Castle
STARNBERG Germany Prince Rupprecht heir presumptive to the Bavarian throne died today at Leustetten Castle. He was 86.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starnberg
Germany
Rupprecht
Leustetten Castle
Air Reserve Survey To Be Made Here
A survey of personnel and records will start at 7 30 p m Tuesday in La Crosse by Air Reserve Center members. T Sgt Eugene A Faby said failure to report could lead to transfer to ineligible reserve or discharge. Surveys were held at Tomah and Winona centers with 19 percent and 90 percent turnout respectively. La Crosse has 28 officers and 12 enlisted men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Air Reserve Center
Eugene A. Faby
Federal Building
Tomah Air Reserve Center
Winona, Minn
Air Reserve Center
la Crosse
Daily Records FIRES La Crosse August update
Fire and police blotter items from La Crosse list incidents including people freed from a bathroom, a grass fire at 1215 S 21st St, and a bird freed from a chimney. Citizens receive probation, jail terms, and fines for disorderly conduct and speeding, with license suspensions for several offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. 71St St
Jean Jordan
N. 21St St
S. 21St St
S. 9Th St
Bird
Harold Mueller
S. 23Th St
Births listed from Lutheran Hospital in late July
A sequence of birth notices from Lutheran Hospital and St Marys Hospital records several July and August newborns. Entries name parents and addresses in La Crosse and Sparta with dates July 27 to August 1, including twins and multiple births.
Tomah man pleads guilty to 10 bad checks
George R. Clark pleaded guilty in County Court before Judge Lambert Hansen to issuing 10 checks without funds totaling 1152.61. He faces a pre sentence investigation by the State Department of Public Welfare and remains on probation for a prior similar conviction in Juneau County. Dist. Atty. W. J. Gleiss noted eight additional unwritten checks alleged to be drawn on the Bank of Tomah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Clark
Tomah
Lambert Hansen
Hansen
Clark
Juneau County
State Department of Public Welfare
Dist. Atty
W. J. Gleiss
Bank of Tomah
Maj Gautsch Named New CO Of La Crosse Air Reserve Center
Maj Floyd H Gautsch executive officer at La Crosse Air Reserve Center is named commander succeeding Capt Arland D Lamke. The order is effective July and announced at HQ. Gautsch will assume command Aug 18 at the training assembly. He has long service in the unit and previously led Flight A 9657th ARS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd H. Gautsch
la Crosse Air Reserve Center
Arland D. Lamke
St. Paul
Reserve Center
Gautsch
la Crosse State College
Maj
Lamke
Northern Natural Gas Officials Study La Crosse Market
Two officials from Northern Natural Gas Co. Omaha R. E. Jones and M. J. Conboy met with Northern States Power Co. executives to review a market study for natural gas service in La Crosse. NSP division manager A. L. Christensen said the program to secure gas continues and the Omaha check is a preliminary step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Northern Natural Gas Co
Omaha
Neb
R. E. Jones
M. J. Conboy
Northern States Power Co
A. L. Christensen
NSP
Navy Recruit Trains In Electronics For Service
Herbert A. Wojahn, son of Mrs. Ethel Wojahn of 1222 S 7th St, recently enlisted in Minneapolis. He will go to Great Lakes for electronics boot training after processing at the local Navy substation and will be discharged the day before his 21st birthday. He previously served in La Crosse as a member of Surface Division 9-211 U.S. Naval Reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Herbert A. Wojahn
Ethel Wojahn
S. 7Th St
Minneapolis
U.S. Navy
Wojahn
Great Lakes
la Crosse
U.S. Naval Reserve
Change Time of TV Series Starts Monday Aug 8
WKBT will shift a TV series to Monday evenings from 8 to 8:30 p.m. starting August 8 for 13 weeks through October 31. The opener features Pump Trouble and Heart to Heart, profiling heart disease and Wisconsin Heart Association programs. Subsequent episodes cover recent heart disease advances, rheumatic fever, and related treatments and conditions including seven programs on work simplification for housewives with heart disease. Produced by University of Wisconsin, Madison Vocational School, and Wisconsin Heart Assn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WKBT
UPA
Wisconsin Heart Assa
University of Wisconsin
Madison Vocational School
Wisconsin Heart Assn
Two Losses and a Recovery Reported to Police
Three loss reports and one recovery reach jetty police. Ernest Risberg found onalaska sunglasses at a parking meter in the 300 block of State street. Roxanne Priebe reports a brown leather billfold with photos missing at Pettibone Beach. Howard Zogg reports loss of a black plastic billfold containing ID drivers license and social security card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Risberg
S. 2Nd St
Onalaska
State Street
Roxanne Priebe
Davis St
Pettibone Beach
Howard Zogg
Krause
Rabin Keart
Two Billfolds Stolen At Pettibone Beach
City police report two Pettibone Beach thefts at 7:45 p m Monday. The victims, Robert Schultz of 1110 S 9th St and DuWayne Pfaff of 613 Market St, said their billfolds were left in pockets on a blanket. Schultz had $4 plus IDs and a social security card, Pfaff had $19 with his driver’s license and papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettibone Beach
Robert Schultz
S. 9Th St
DuWayne Pfaff
Market St
Schultz
Pfaff
Tots Hold Hat Parade at Roosevelt Playground
Twenty neighborhood children took part in a hat parade at Roosevelt playground. Prize winners included Mike Herzog Carter Watkins Shirley Devine and Dixie Yehie. Finalists were Faye Severson and Mike Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Playground
Mike Herzog
Carter Watkins
Shirley Devine
Dixie Yehie
Faye Severson
Mike Main
Operating Revenues Of NSP Increase
Northern States Power Co. Minnesota and subsidiaries report second quarter 1955 operating revenues of 29,769,427, up 4.2 percent from 1954. Expenses, depreciation and taxes rise 4.2 percent. common and surplus up 363,902 or 10.5 percent. Earnings 28 cents per share vs 26 cents prior year. For year ended June 30, 1955 revenues total 121,083,614, up 6,702,125 or 5.9 percent from 1954. common and surplus 15,219,390 or 1.13 per share on 13,418,408 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern States Power Co
Minnesota
Kohler Signs Five Highway Contracts in Madison
Gov Kohler approved five road projects late Monday totaling 1.6 to 2.85 miles across Winnebago Brown Racine and Kenosha counties. Kramp Construction Co Badger Highways Co Payne and Dolan White Construction Co are the firms selected for concrete and asphalt paving on highways 47 114 X W 32 with project costs ranging from 37 531 to 374 366 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Kohler
Winnebago County
Kramp Construction Co
Milwaukee
Badger Highways Co
Menasha
Racine
Payne and Dolan
Kenosha
White Construction Co
Sparta Teen Missing. Richard Humbole Sought by Police
Local police seek Richard H Humbole 16 of Sparta described as 6 ft 1 and 146 pounds. He was last seen wearing blue slacks a white T shirt and carrying a tan suitcase and camera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Humbole
Sparta
Humbole
Hood Playground Parade Winners Announced
Five children won in Friday’s bike wagon and buggy parade at Hood playground. Winners include William Storey and Dick Minzer in bikes, Dot Prierer in buggy, and Joline Rusk in wagon class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood Playground
William Storey
Dick Minzer
Dot Prierer
Joline Rusk
Four Men Enlist for Army Duty from Local Station
Four men announced for United States Army enlistments by local officials at the 208 Federal Building Sworn in at Minneapolis after processing at La Crosse Richard L. Mueller Vi roqua Kenneth J Schroeder R 1 Caledonia Minn Ronald E Biehl Onalaska and Clarence E Rochester 2022 King St They will be sent to Camp Chafee Arkansas then Fort Devens Massachusetts for three year terms Mueller Schroeder and Biehl join a special Army branch while Rochester enters the school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Richard L. Mueller
William C. Mueller
Viroqua
Kenneth J. Schroeder
Rudolph QO. Schroeder
R. 1
Caledonia
Minn
Ronald E. Biehl
Marlin J
Onalaska
Clarence E. Rochester
William Rochester
King St
Camp Chafee
Ark
Ft. Devens
Mass
Mueller, Schroeder
Biehl
Rochester
Demands Acting Police Chief At Sheboygan Urgently
Alderman Hugh Dales called for immediate naming of an acting police chief at Sheboygan noting the city has lacked coordinated police protection since Chief Walter Wagner began illness leave on June 17. Mayor Rudolph Ploetz cited a plan to wait until Wagner’s five or six weeks of vacation end, with Police Capt. Steen Heimke currently in charge since June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Rudolph Ploetz
Walter Wagner
Hugh Dales
Police and Fire Commission
Ploetz
Police Commission
Wagner
Steen Heimke
Swift Grants 14-Cent Wage Rise in Meat Packing
Swift & Co. gave a 14 cent an hour raise to three packing house workers unions representing 35 000 employees across 45 plants. Armour & Co. had already reached a similar boost and unions plan to press negotiations with Wilson Co. Cudahy and others. The agreement with Swift covers the National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen and CIO United Packinghouse Workers. The new average wage becomes 2.12 dollars per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicagop
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
AFL
CIO
Wilson & Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Swift
National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
CIO United Packinghouse Workers
David Dolnick
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A-C
Nebraska
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Decorah
Sparta, Wis
Straw Hat Bandits
Schumacher Neval
Walter A. Jande
Jackson St
Prince Rupprecht
Air Reserve
Everett Whitcraft
Caledonia St
Aaron Sanford
Dan Adney
Rt. 1
Floyd Cowdrey
Philip van Lear
Leif Haugen
19Th St
Francis Harter
Mtd. Rt
Harry Guy
Terry Griffel
Roderick Lehman
Ferry St
Larry Hayden
de Soto
Ralph Ronald Lea
Donna Peterson
Dale R. Thomas
Betty Clark
Willis M. Carrier
Prospect St
Selma Anna Klinski
St. Ann's Hospital
Joseph M. Buehler
la Crescent
Marie Waninger
Donald D. Schatzley
W. Ave. N
Dorothy Wright
Francis J. Clarkin
Annette Schmidt
Charles F. Knobloch
S.losey Blvd
Dolores Gerke
Violet Winterfield
Harry L. Nolte
Harvey St
Linnette Hirschfield
Curtis Nels
Gary Tolvstad
Holmen
Lois Brudos
Sedalia, Mo
Barbara Ann
Eugene Knothe
Knothe
Patricia Moriarity
St. Mary's Hospital
Norman E. Warthan
Frances E. Boardman
George June
Cashton
Rita) la Sarge
Clifford Heasty
Virginia Nauman
Lloyd S. Burnett
Elizabeth Haberkorn
Vincent Humphrey
Faith Innes
Sylvester Laufenberg
Margaret Sullivan
Whitehall, Wis
Carroll Schroeder
Bluffton, Ind
Mrs. Schroeder
H.S
Kansas City
Hollywood
Central Institute Tribune
Maj. Gautsch New
Navy
West Ave
ST Bate
UT US
Sherwin-Williams
Callaway Lumber CO
Loser Bird
Western Supply CO
3Rd St
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